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How the Senate Could Speed Up the Impeachment Trial
6 days ago - By Politico
On Wednesday, House Democrats, joined by 10 Republican members, adopted an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump. It called for Trump's removal because of his “conduct on January 6, 2021, following his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election.”
Now, the article goes to the Senate, which must conduct an impeachment trial of the president, followed by a vote on whether to remove the president from office. The trial will likely be pushed into the early days of President-elect Joe Biden's administration, as Senate...
Read more ...Trump denounces insurrection, after getting impeached over it
6 days ago - By Politico
President Donald Trump issued a last-ditch appeal to nonviolence in a video statement on Wednesday, just after the House voted to make him the first twice-impeached American president on a charge of inciting an insurrection.
In a video posted to the White House Twitter account on Wednesday evening, Trump called on his supporters not to engage in violent demonstrations that federal law enforcement warns might be brewing in state capitals and Washington. The message was a stark contrast to the bombastic calls to fight the electoral win of President-elect Joe Biden that led to thousands of...
Read more ...Trump impeached for historic second time
6 days ago - By NBC News
The House impeached President Trump for the second time in just over a year, making him the first president to ever be impeached twice. Senate Majority Leader McConnell said that the Senate will not hold a trial to consider removal until Trump is already out of office.
Read more ...New York Republican John Katko joins Democrats impeaching Trump again
6 days ago - By Times Union
In the House chamber where some took cover when protesters breached the Capitol, many New York House members voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump for an unprecedented second time, believing that Trump encouraged the violence that threatened them and cost five lives.
All New York Democrats and Republican Rep. John Katko of Syracuse voted to charge Trump with “incitement of insurrection.” Katko was one of 10 Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump.
"To allow the president of the United States to incite this attack without consequence is a direct threat to the future...
Read more ...Rep. David Valadao of Hanford one of 10 Republicans to vote for Trump's impeachment
6 days ago - By ABC
One Central California lawmaker joined nine other Republicans in aligning with the Democrats and voted to impeach President Trump.
Read more ...Trump Becomes First President Impeached Twice After Fomenting Capitol Riot
6 days ago - By Forbes
House Democrats, joined by a small group of Republicans, voted to impeach Trump for the second time on Wednesday, exactly one week after the Capitol takeover.
Read more ...Donald Trump Becomes First President to Get Impeached Twice, Losing Stranglehold on GOP
6 days ago - By Newsweek
The House of Representatives impeached Trump on Wednesday and unlike in 2019, when no Republicans voted in favor of impeachment, this time around members of the president's own party joined the effort.
Read more ...Republicans Join Democrats In Making Trump The First President To Be Impeached Twice
6 days ago - By Politicus USA
A small group of House Republicans joined with Democrats in making Trump the first US president to be impeached twice.
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